Fish-hook.



A. PAYSBN.

FISH HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED 001220, 1908.

959,587" Patented May 31, 1910.

ANDREW a. GRANAM cu. PKUYU-LIIHDGMPHERS WASHINGTON, 0.0

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FISH-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 31, 1910.

Application filed Gctober 20, 1908. Serial No. 458,695.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW PAYSEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a new and usefulFish-Hook, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fish hooks, and particularly to that variety offish hooks, in which nibbling at the bait causes a gaff hook to strikethe fish.

The object of my invention is to provide a hook of this character,wherein the gaff hook shall be held up by means of a float, thuspermitting the hook to be used under all of the usual circumstances infishing, and whether the line is being trolled or supported immediatelybeneath the rod in a vertical position.

The invention consists in a composite or duplex hook composed of twohooks so pivoted to each other that when the bait hook is drawn upon bya fish, the other hook or gaff will be forced downwardly, and thusstrike into the head of the fish, the gaff hook being held upwardly bymeans of a float attached thereto or formed thereon. This pro vision ofa float-actuated hook is the important feature of my invention, as itpermits the hooks to be used under all circumstances, whether the lineis vertical or extends outmerely horizontal as in trolling or even ifthe hooks are partially supported on the river bottom.

In the drawings -Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved hook, withthe gaff raised. Fig. 2 is a like view, showing the action of the gaffwhen the bait is nibbled by a fish. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail of theclip engaging the two hooks together partly in section. Fig. 4 is atransverse section of the same.

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the drawings, 2 designates the gaff hook having an eye 2 formed atone end to which the line 3 is attached. To the gaff hook is freelypivoted the bait hook 4, which hangs vertically in the position shown inFig. 1 when the hook is in use. The gaff hook is provided with a float 5of cork or other suitable material, which is preferably slipped over theshank of the gaff hook or otherwise formed thereon.

In order to attach the bait hook 4 to the gaff hook 2, I make use of aclip 6 of thin metal, which is folded at its middle around and over theshank of the hook 2 and forced firmly into engagement with said shank.The two sides of the clip form two projecting wings, between which thebait hook 4 is supported. One end of the clip is provided with a hole 7,which registers with the eye 2 for the passage of the line, while theother end is broadened, the two wings of the clip being connected by arivet or pin 8. The upper end of the shank of the hook a is receivedbetween the two wings of the clip and is formed into an eye 9, whichloosely incloses the rivet or pin 8 so that the hook 4 will hangentirely free.

In fishing, the device takes the position shown in Fig. 1, the hook 4being vertical and the gaff raised by means of its float. Upon afishnibbling at the bait on hook 4, or drawing down upon the same, the gaffwill be thrown or drawn downward, and will strike the fish between theeyes, as shown inFig. 2. It will be seen that any effort to detach thebait or to drag away portions thereof will cause the gaff hook to strikedownward. It will also be seen that the float 5 holds the gaff hook upin the position shown in Fig. 1, whether the hook 4 be resting upon thebottom of the water or not, or whether the line 3 is vertical or at anangle. It will also be seen that the float acts to prevent the devicefrom descending to the bottom of the stream, which would be the case ifno floats were used and the gaff held in its upper position by means ofa weight.

WVhile I have shown only a pair of hooks, I wish it understood that theprinciple of my invention may be applied to a plurality of gaff hooksprovided with floats constructed on the same principle as those shownand arranged so that a pull upon any one of the hooks throws the otherhooks into adjacency with the pulled hook and galfs the fish.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation andmany advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art, without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minordetails of construction, may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class described, comprising a bait book, a gaff hookhinged to the bait hook, and a buoyant body carried by the gaff hook.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a baitcarrying hook, of a gaff hook pivotally connected to the upper end ofthe bait hook, and a buoyant body applied to the gaff hook.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a pair of hooks hinged toone another, the points of which hooks project toward one another, and abuoyant body carried by one of said hooks.

4. A fishing device including a plurality of hooks pivotally connectedto each other, and floating means acting to normally separate said hookswhen in the water, said hooks being so arranged that when one of them isdrawn upon by a fish, the opposed hook will be forced inward anddownward into adjacency with the pulled hook.

5. A fishing device including a gaff hook having a float thereon andadapted to be attached at one end to a fishing line, and a bait hookhaving a pivotal connection to the shank of the gaff hook.

6. A fishing device including a gaff hook having a float thereon, a clipattached to the end of the gaff hook shank having at its outer end meansfor attachment to a fishing line, and a bait hook pivotally supported atits upper end from said clip.

7 A fishing device including a gaff hook having a float thereon, a clipattached to the end of the gafi hook shank having a folded portionembracing said shank and wings projecting therefrom, and a bait hook,the upper end of which is received between said wings and pivotallyconnected thereto, the outer end of said clip being provided with inopening for the attachment of a fishing 8. A fishing device including agaff hook having an eye formed at one end thereof and provided with afloat, a clip attached to the end of the gaff hook shank having a foldedportion embracing said shank and wings projecting therefrom, said clipbeing perforated to register with the gaff hook eye, and a bait hook,the upper end of which is received within said wings and pivotallyconnected thereto.

9. A deviceof the class described comprising a hook adapted to receivefish bait, a clip pivotally arranged on the upper end of said hook, agaff hook carried by the clip, and a buoyant member carried by the gaffhook.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW PAYSEN.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH STEITZ, GUs'rAvE SINGER.

